python setup.py test not working about sampleproject HOT 7 CLOSED

@carljm it would be nice to a have a default cow-path, so that you don't need to write redundant strings in CONTRIBUTING.rst file for all python packages.

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IMO, this is a setuptools bug. The setup.py test command is implemented by setuptools, but in this case there are no tests (more precisely, no tests in a place that setuptools expects to find them).

Maybe setuptools should do something to say it ran no tests? I don't know.

We could add instructions on how to run the tests to the project instructions, I guess. But as we don't want to dictate what test runner to use, these would need to be generic "Please put instructions on how to run your tests here". And I'm not sure where those instructions should go. Ironically, I would have put them in README.rst, but as we recently changed to use README.rst for the long description, that's not really appropriate any more... Suggestions welcome :-)

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It is common to put such instructions (which are relevant to contributors, but not necessarily to users) in a CONTRIBUTING.rst file. As a bonus, GitHub will prominently display a link to this file, if it exists, anytime someone creates a pull request against the project.

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Since pfmoore said it is an setuptools issue, I create one: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issues/446/setuppy-test-says-it-runs-tests-but-it

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@guettli Are you suggesting that sampleproject should have a stock CONTRIBUTING.rst in it? That wouldn't bother me at all.

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No, adding CONTRIBUTING.rst was not my suggestion. With "redundant strings" I mean this:

If there is one common way how to run tests of a package this need to documented this once in the packaging guide.

Since there is not common way yet, there are N document strings explaining how to run tests. Pypi hosts 67k packages. This makes (in theory) 67k times an explanation how to test a package.

I don't care about the wasted bytes. I care about the wasted time to write and read it. It makes me sad. Really, call my crazy, but I have small tear in my eye. Why is there no agreement?

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In setuptools the issue is accepted and nearly solved. I close this one here.
See https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issues/446/setuppy-test-says-it-runs-tests-but-it

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